Denver Arts & Venues, in partnership with the Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships and the Office of the Mayor, is proud to host the next Denver Talks event. Please mark your calendar to join us for an in-depth discussion with author and educator Jennifer Harvey.

Harvey, a professor at Drake University, is a writer, educator and public speaker. Her work focuses on the encounter between religion and ethics, race, gender, activism, politics and spirituality in the U.S. Her greatest passions are racial justice and white anti-racism.

Harvey's plenary will focus on her most recent book, "Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America." While this book focuses on educating children, the topic and the work is applicable to all of us and will be explored in those broader terms.

Mayor Michael B. Hancock will join Claudia Rankine for an on-stage conversation about race, social justice, and community, followed by an audience Q&A. Rankine will also sign copies of the book afterward.

Seating: The event will start at 6:30 PM, with lobby doors opening at 5:00 PM. We will have artwork from Denver Talks participants on display and writing activities available in the lobby. Seating will open at 6:00 PM. All seating is general admission.

Audience Q&A: The mayor and Rankine will answer a limited number of audience questions following their conversation. Before the event, there will be a table in the lobby where audience members can submit their questions for consideration.

Book Signing: Rankine will sign copies of her books in the Boettcher Concert Hall lobby immediately following the event. If you need to purchase copies, Tattered Cover Bookstore will be selling Rankine's books in the lobby before and after the event.

We encourage the use of public transportation when possible. Boettcher Concert Hall is located across the street from the Theatre District/Convention Center light rail stop, which is served by the D, F, and H lines. Visit the RTD website to plan your trip.

Parking: The Denver Performing Arts Complex has an attached parking garage; event parking is $12. There are also surface lots and metered parking spots nearby.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. Lighthouse Instructor Erika Wurth will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Join us at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance studio for a duet performance of Uncle, a reaction to the Trayvon Martin murder, where a nephew discusses with his uncle his concerns about being attacked by a police officer. The duet will be paired with sections of Citizen read aloud by Lighthouse instructor Adrian Molina. Adrian will then lead a writing exercise and discussion with the group incorporating both Uncle and Citizen."

Join Curious and Lighthouse Writers Workshop in a free staged reading adaptation of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric as part of the Denver Talks project. Please RSVP as tickets are limited. Adapted for the stage by Stephen Sacks.

The play takes Rankine’s text and marries it to the theatrical art form. Using images and a blend of storytelling styles, six actors interpret Rankine’s work into a powerful evening of exploring racism today.

SOLD OUT - Call the Curious Theatre box office at 303-623-0524 to get on the waitlist.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. Lighthouse Instructor Erika Wurth will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. Lighthouse instructor Assetou Xango will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Join us at RedLine as we create poem boxes using text from Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric as inspiration. Poem boxes are sculptural interpretations of text, like a literary diorama; they are whatever you want them to be. Supplies will be provided, including found objects, though participants are encouraged to bring small items that inspire you, as well as a box you want to use (for example: an old shoebox). At the end we'll discuss how Rankine's text affected us, and how we transformed words and objects into art. Feel free to BYOB ("B" stands for beer and/or box!) Led by Jesica Carson Davis - poet/artist

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. Lighthouse instructor Assetou Xango will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. A Lighthouse instructor will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. Assétou Xango will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Free and open to the public. Held at the Spring Cafe. For more about the cafe and their mission, visit their website: http://thespringcafe.org/.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric at Coffee at the Point in the historic Five Points neighborhood. Tayana Hardin will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community.

Program: Community PotluckFacilitators: MultiplePublic: YesPlease bring a favorite snack or dessert to share! Beverages provided. Both facilitators will attend. All conversations are free and open to the public. For more info, visit coloradohumanities.org or call 303.849.7951.

Join us for a Citizen-inspired drop-in writing at Museo De Las Americas. Museo de las Americas current exhibit, Las (H)adas explores cultural connections linked to the idea of identity and bicultural influences. Exploring this process unveils for us how far our postcolonial, consumerized mind has distanced itself from our humanity: sacred, magical, and divine.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. A Lighthouse instructor will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community. Free and open to the public

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. A Lighthouse instructor will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community. Free and open to the public.

In partnership with Colorado Humanities and the Center for the Book, this event is part of a series of facilitated conversations in Park Hill and Five Points designed to dive deeply into how we might change the legacy of race in our communities.

We will be looking at clips from the film I Am Not Your Negro, a recent Oscar-nominated film by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. This film highlights how James Baldwin's words still speak to the American racial and cultural problems we are still trying to untangle 30 years after his death. James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a man of letters—novelist, essayist, social critic, playwright, journalist—whose work focused on the intricacies of the legacies and lived realities of race in 20th-century America. An erudite, engaged and engaging writer and public speaker, his worldview was shaped by his deeply humanistic values. Baldwin’s work gives us a wise, compassionate, but unflinching view of the racism that still plagues our society and determines the outcomes of black lives.

This conversation will be led by Hillary Potter, associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Potter holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado and an M.A. in criminal justice from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. A Lighthouse instructor will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community. Free and open to the public

Join ASLD instructor Holly-Kai Hurd in a “Collective-Conversation-While-Creating,” an art-making workshop to address the often challenging themes of race, social justice and community as presented in Claudia Rankine's book, Citizen using the language of visual art.

Drop in anytime from 10am-2pm on Saturday, October 21 and contribute your artistic energy and voice to the creation of a multi-media piece representative of our interpretations of what it means to be a CITIZEN individually, making up a greater community.

We highly recommend (but it’s not mandatory) that you attend the Friday, Oct 13 creative writing session at Lighthouse Writers Workshop from 4:30-6:30pm; please bring your writing to the art-making session at ASLD to be included as part of the visual work.

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their contributions to the work as it relates to the book. All citizens and creative voices welcome. All supplies provided.

In partnership with the Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book, this event is part of a series of facilitated conversations in Park Hill and Five Points designed to dive deeply into how we might change the legacy of race in our communities.

We will be looking at clips from the film I Am Not Your Negro, a recent Oscar-nominated film by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. This film highlights how James Baldwin's words speak to the American racial and cultural problems we are still trying to untangle 30 years after his death. James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a man of letters—novelist, essayist, social critic, playwright, journalist—whose work focused on the intricacies of the legacies and lived realities of race in 20th-century America. An erudite, engaged and engaging writer and public speaker, his worldview was shaped by his deeply humanistic values.

This conversation will be facilitated by Roshan Bliss, a community organizer and trained mediator who has facilitated hundreds of hours of group processes and has an extensive background as a diversity and inclusiveness trainer.

Join us for a community discussion about Citizen: An American Lyric. A Lighthouse instructor will lead a free-ranging talk about the book, its messages and themes, and what we can take away from the work, as individuals and a community. Free and open to the public.

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine is a rich and interesting mix of visual art, poetry, prose, and essay. According to a review in the New York Times, by using these forms, Rankine "creates an intentionally disorienting experience, one that mirrors the experience of racial micro-aggressions her subjects encounter."

In this generative writing workshop, using Citizen as a model, we'll try our hand at creating writing that mixes genre and style, in an attempt to mirror the the subject matter we want to explore.

This workshop is in conjunction with a visual art session at Art Student League on October 21. You don't have to attend both, but it's highly encouraged.

Claudia Rankine's Citizen is a book that is a haunting combination of prose, poetry, essay, photography, and visual art. Using Citizen, as a model, we'll look at how images can tell their own story, and how combining image and text can serve as a powerful and effective mode for our own stories.

Join us at RedLine Gallery for a special Make/Shift Monday. We'll pair RedLine's exhibition, Latin America: Endless Transformation, with Citizen: An American Lyric to inspire original writing focused on the themes of race, justice, and collective identity. After, participants can submit their writing to be shared on the Denver Talks website. Free and open to the public.